Cigarette dispenser



Maleh 31, 1931. -J N, M KEYZER 1,798,680

CIGARETTE DISPENSER Filed NOV. 15, 1929 Patented Mar. 31, 1931 UNITEDSTATES JOSEPH N. M. KEYZER, OFMIAMI, FLORIDA A CIGARETTE DISPENSERApplication led November 15, 1929. VSerial No. 407,463.

rIhis invention relates to new and useful improvements in dispensingdevices, and particularly to devices for dispensing elongated aillsiclessuch as cigarettes, matches, and the li e.

One object of the invention is to provide a device for dispensingarticles such as cigarettes, which will be simple in construction, andwhich may bc manufactured at a low cost.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which may beeasily operated whereby to deliver a single cigarette at a time, andwherein the cigarette is delivered in a convenient position to be takenby the smoker.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cigarette dispenser made inaccordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 1, theframe being shown swung back, in full lines, and in normal position, indotted lines.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents ahopper which is adapted to contain a quantity of cigarettes, as shown at11. In the upper end of the rear wall of the hopper there is formed anopening 12, which is adapted to receive a fastening device (not shown),by which the device may be suspended on a support, such as a wall. Thebottom of the hopper has a rear portion 13, which inclines downwardlyand forwardly to deliver cigarettes into the vertical transverse chamber14. Stamped outwardly from the upper portion of each side wall of thehopper is a boss 15, which is received in the opening 16 formed in theupper end of the arm 17, of the swinging delivering frame 18. This framemoves backwardly and forwardly beneath the lower open end of the chamber14, and has a transverse trough 19 in its for- -the front of the hopper.

ward portion for receiving a cigarette from the hopper, when said frameis swung rearwardly, as will be apparent from an inspection of figuresin the drawing. On the intermediate portion of the rear wall of thechamber 14 are the apertured ears 20 in which is held the intermediateportion of the leaf spring 21. The opposite ends of the spring 21 areslidably held in apertured lugs 22 carried by the opposite ends of therear of the swinging frame 18. It will be particularly noted that theupper edge of the forward wall of the cigarette trough 19 rises a shortdistance above the lower edge of the front wall of the hopper, wherebyto limit the rearward swinging moveinentof said frame to a positionwhere the trough is properly disposed beneath the hopper to receive acigarette therefrom. It will also be noted that the rear portion of theframe 18 normally lies beneath the lower open end of the chamber 14,whereby to effectively prevent escape of any of the cigarettes from thehopper, when the parts are in normal position.

In the operation of the device, the parts are in normal position, asshown in Figure 3, of the drawing. The operator places his fingeragainst the outer end of the swinging frame and presses same inwardlyuntil the front wall of the cigarette trough contacts with the frontwall of the hopper. Acigarette from the chamber 14 yfalls into thetrough, whereupon the operator releases the frame, so that the leafspring restores the same to its normal position, with the trough exposedat It will be noted that the front wall of the trough 19 has a centralopening, of cutaway 23, which exposes the central portion of thecigarette so that the smoker may readily grasp the same, and remove itfrom the trough.

It will be noted that the hopper is formed from a single piece ofmaterial, and that the swinging frame is also formed from a single pieceof material'.

What is claimed is: y

A cigarette dispenser comprising a hopper, a transverse discharging neckin the bottom thereof, a yoke pivotally supported on the hopper forswinging movement beneath said neck, the lower portion of the yokehaving a transverse Wall adapted to engage the neck to limit themovement of the yoke in one direction, yieldable means between the neckand said Wall for urging the yoke into position against said neck,cigarette supporting means onthe lower- .portion ofthe yoke non,M mallylying in `front ofthe neck andhaving a;

central opening to permit grasping the cigarette supported thereby, andlips on the cigarette supporting' means? for engztgiiig` the front ofthe neck to limit the swinging move-Y ment of the yoke in the otherdirection.

In testimony Whereof.I aiX my signature.

JOSEPH N. M. KEYZER.

